First pictures and Day 1

Sweet baby girl...Yitayish Waverly


Tewodros cuddling in his bunk at Hannah's Hope


Seble Riley in her Ethiopian dress



May 10th...We boarded the plane for D.C. with nervous anticipation. The ride was quick and we then waited in the D.C. airport for five hours. We met our travel companions and liked them instantly. Then came flight # 2. The ride to Ethiopia is looooooooong. It seems infinite. We tried so hard to sleep but it is just so difficult. EVERYONE who travels will relate to the "airshow" that shows how close you are to Addis. I stared at it for hours!

We finally arrived...tired and nervous. We spent about 1 1/2 hours in Immigration getting visas and then we met up with Danny and Johannes, who are WONDERFUL! They tied a RIDICULOUS amount of luggage to the roof rack of one of our vans. It astounds me that it stayed up but it did. We were delivered to our hotel and then we attempted to get some sleep. I think I slept for about two hours. My mind was filled with fear, nerves, hope, and my ears were filled with the howling of dogs and strange sounds of chanting. Ahh, Ethiopia.